something beautiful

I am missing in action for almost 4 months.

Wow time flies really very fast and it is already 31 Dec 2012.

Not very sure what I have done for the past 4 months.

Other than scrapbooking at times, watching tv and reading blogs

I did not really do much. 

Today I would like to share one of my favourite pieces of work.

This is one of a commissioned frame that is requested for a birthday girl.

No pink, no cute stuff, only blue and green.

It was difficult and challenge for me. I have no idea who this person is and

"cute' is totally out was tough. My client trusted me so much that she is confident that

it is going to be a very nice one. Given 2 weeks to brainstorm and working on it.

This is what I have done.

I added a little vintage girl from 'Melissa Frances' and some blink from "Prima"

 A Paris tower decoration paper which my friend gave it to me from Japan.
I also added the little bird house which  I had from a class. Layering is one of the methods
that I applied for this frame.

butterflies are cut from DCWV paper. I was a little concern that the butterflies are huge
but it turn out pretty good on the frame. Also did you notice the wording? I did some stamping and embossing.

The charm on the ribbon is from Websters. I have this love hate relationship with Webster. I love their products so much but somehow I just can't blend it with my style. Glad that it turned out so well on this frame.

My client is extreme happy with it. I do hope the birthday day is thrilled and happy too.

Hope this pretty frame does brighten your days too!
Enjoy the last day of 2012 and have a Happy New Year.
I should be going to work and back home watching my korean variety and drama.

See you in 2013!

Hello Mini

 

I learnt to make this simple mini album from Marion Smith. Tried searching the video from Prima U stream but can't seem to find it. sorry for those who wants to make this. It is 3'X4". I used the 6"X6" Yuki paper pad.

 

As mentioned it is a very simple book so I made this with my three nieces at different time. They trimmed the paper and pick their own embellishment. I tried to make it simple and easy for them so that they will enjoy making it.

 

Sorry for the blur pictures, I took it without flash on a dark and cloudy day. If there is more sunlight, the pictures might be better. Here is the mini album done by Min Min. I gave her the Yuki chipboard and some October Afternoon stickers and this is what she came up with.

 

Each page comes with a mini pocket and they can put their favourite pictures of small little

paper in it. Min has no ideas what to do with it so we put the extra photos inside the pocket.

 

 

I still in love with Prima's Yuki paper. Bright, colour and so cheerful. It just blend well with the photos. If anyone interested in making, I can try to make it into a tutorial.

 

As for the words with label, I used DYMO to print out the word. A manual machine which I need to press.

 

I hope you enjoy veiwing and please try it out. It is very fun!

Lovely mail



 

This lovely webster mail came in last month July. I was so elated to see this box when I came back home. It's probably the best buy I have online.

I can't remember how much it is but looking at those beautiful product just made me extrememly happy. Especially it came just a few days before my birthday.

    Let's take a look at those items closely.

 

 

 

These are the four 6X6 paper pad. I still have no idea what I want to do with it. maybe a card or mini album. With pictures of my nieces and nephew might make the paper look so much better.

My niece loves bling bling. I am still a little lost what to do with it. Still the colour
and the design just melt my heart.

 woo wow 25yards of ribbon. My goodness that's a lot. any ideas what I can do with this?

 This flowers and charms are just so sweet. thinking of black and white pictures might
able to make those charm stands out well. There is also 12 pieces of 12X12 diecut which I did not take any picture.

 

Hope you enjoy viewing my online shopping goodies. My next online good is a Kitty....

should be coming to me soon in Septemember. I shall blog about it next time.

thanks for dropping by.

let's count down...

 

Just another 8 more days, i will be taking a plane to somewhere far away. It is a new place to explore and discover. Cool weather, very greenery and good food!

 

This time i will like to bring my Smash and Instant Mini. I will try to pack light and take lots of pictures. Do you know where country ?

 

Not sure anyone will leave a comment, if anyone does and got it correct, yes I will give you a small present. Guessing entry will close on 30 August. So take sometime and make a guess.

 

One of the preparation is renew the passport for the two young one. We dressed the girls up and make

them stand behind the wall and started to click click click.

 

These 'passport' pictures are pretty entertaining especially K. It's so funny. I did ask her why she close her mouth and her reply is 'my dad asked me to'

 

 

 

This is pictures of W. I printed out one of this pic for scrapping and her reply is' this look sexy, i don't like it'. I was pretty alarmed by her remark. She was dressed in a ballerina dress and she looked so sweet.

 

Passports are ready for collection now. it's time to get ready for our road trip and adventure!

Misting guest book

  Last Saturday I was invited to my colleague's wedding. At the same time I was asked to design her guestbook. She told me that she would like to have lots of space for her guests to write on it. So I decided to use misting, masking and stamping on her book. In case she does not like it, I actually sprayed on the cardstock so that she can paste on the book if she like it.  Below are the pics of the pages I had made.

First I used the distress ink to distress the edge, and followed by misting a few colours. for the below pic, I used the paper Dollie as mask and spray over it. Use a phrase stamp from Amy Tangerine and a fawn stamp from October Afternoon and the circle dot stamp from Studio Calico.

Once again I mist and then i place a Heidi Swapp flower mask and that is how the page is created. The rest of the pages are relatively the same method just different colours.

Loving the birdcage stamp from the basic -grey.

the heart shape stamp from the Studio /calico Kit and the leave image are from the basic grey's stamp

The silhouette is from the Maya road and love life is from Ali Edward

I feel so satisfield misting and using those stamp and mask supplies that was placed on the shelf. My next challenge is to use 10 piece of pattern paper to make a mini album and the remaining is to scrap a few layout.

Need to think think think for some ideas.

Young illustrator in progress

 I am invited to attend my niece Win Win 's school event on 19 May 2012. I didn't expect much from this trip.  Probably just a few children making some crafty work. It was held in Ang Mo Kio library on a Sunday afternoon. We arrived quite early so we hang around the library till the teacher .

Our first stop is to check out Win Win's book. She told us so much about her 3D pop up book so we were very curious what she had made in her class. I was so excited when I see this book display on the paper.

 Look at this!!!! My niece;s name is on the book! By the way, the book is bind by teacher Hazel.
She is such an amazing teaching. All the books displayed are made by her. According to the Principal, the children are divided into groups. For Win Win it is a group of 3 students. The teacher will throw in some ideas and they will work on it.

This is the first page of the book. Each student is responsible to draw a cat. Win Win's cat is on right.
(Did you spot the Sassfrass-Lass paper ? It is so cute with the three cats) Teacher Hazel also told me that she laminate each page so it looks very glossy.

 According to Win Win , she also draws all the furniture on this book. Gosh isn't she amazing!!!!
 End of the day, each attendee receives a certificate known as Certificate for Reading. They are so excited about it.

 Before we leave the library, I asked Win Win to take a picture with the book. As it belongs to the school so we are not able to take it back. it was pretty sad but the teacher said the book will be sent to Indonesia for an exhibition over there. Wow that's sound interesting.

Well that's it for a mini exciting event that happen in May.

ELLE FASHION JOURNAL WORKSHOP

Last month in June I signed up a workshop from Elle Magazine. In the workshop a professional shared with us all about fashion and trendy. He also brought a book with him that illustrates lots of graphic and selected a few pages of his favourite artists on how they express trend. Some used colours, graphics and photos.

The next 20min session is about scrapbooking from speaker of Paper Market. She gave a brief introduction of basic scrapbooking and some tips on how to do a fashion journal. We were given 2pieces of pattern paper,  a sticker alphabets and a cardstock. In addition some buttons and ribbons are placed on each table.Plus our own supply . I brought tons of Studio Calico stamps, Amy Tangerline embellishment, washi tapes plus 2 magazine pictures that I printed using the cannon printer. 

I am so into Japanese fashion and cute stuff so my head was thinking about Ribbon and bows. At first I was pretty disappointed with getting a 'Spring green' colour. Still I wanted to challenge myself so I stick on with the colour and work my fashion journal.

My favourite got to be the Studio Calico stamp designed by kelly Purkey. Awesome and fabulous lady, please check out her website. I stamped on those empty space and added  the title 'FASHION IS ALL ABOUT CUTE' tada in 80min I submitted my entry for a mini contest.

Guess what. My entry won the first prize!!!! A pixma MG5370 worth SGD299. Surprise surprise I won!!!! I can't wait to use this new printer with Wi-fi function. I can print from I pad and I phone directly. Thank you Elle magazine for giving me such a fabulous day!

a commissioned work

Two months back I was asked to do a crafty project for a birthday girl which I gladly accepted the mission. The birthday girl would like to have a 'bookmark' making session for all her invited friends.

At the same time, the busy mummy also asked me to help out with the decoration of the party event. Been inspired by so many pics from the pinterest and party blog, I come up with a simple and yet colourful decoration for the party girl.

Party girl would like to have something pink, some butterflies and importantly she would like to give each and every guest a lovely goodies bag with Smiggle pen in it. With that i come up with the requested list pink flower and butterfly mash mallow, pink lollipop  and pink table cover filled with lots of fairies and lanterns.

Due to the constraint of the table that we could rent. A table for SGD10, we used two tables, one to put those sweet goodies and the other half is the snacks that we had prepared for the guests. The children are so exited with the little cute pinkish on the table and was hoping to get some of them.

 1. decoration of the table 2. children crafting 3. ribbon hankerchief 4.food tag for fishball

5.sample bookmark 6.sample washi tape made bookmark 7. made by children. 8. children making

9. the messy mess on the table 

The party started with a photo taking session and followed by the art and craft session. I was so busy from the beginning of the event and these are the limited photos that I have from another friend. the children used the kit that we provided to make 2 cute bookmarks. I love all their work, it was bright and colourful. Importantly it was easy to make and some even ask for more. That made me extremely happy.

The fun is not over yet. We played a few games from treasure hunt, to guessing games. The children love it so much that they wanted more games. As the sky was getting darker, we have to cut the birthday cake.  Love love love how they use these cute little prop which make the picture so much lovely.

Last in the list is the pinata time. Each children is given a chance to try to hit the butterfly.

the children grab their goodies bag which we given them earlier, they filled the bags with sweet as much as they can find on the floor.

With that it's home sweet home. the birthday girl is happy and so does the mommy.

If you are looking for some help, come look for me at liteng.tan@gmail.com.

unwelcome guest

Around 2010 my dad incidentally angered a crow. It was a scary experience. The crow will fly to the front of our house and started making noises and attacked my father especically when he is ready to go out. I decided to call the Town council centre for help but they can't do much. I turned to the media and the journalist came to write a report about the danger of offending the crow. We thought the saga is over when finally someone step in to cut down the tree and remove the bird nest. Now in 2012, he is back with vengenance. The routine is back again. sigh. Anyone has a good method that we can get him out of our way?